Lebanon Special School District

🎉💃 STILTS, SMILES, & STREAM! ✨

Wow, what an absolutely incredible day we had last Thursday at Don Fox Park for our STREAM Celebration - International Folk Fest! 🌍❤️

Our Family Resource Center is bursting with gratitude! A massive thank you to the City of Lebanon, TN - Government for hosting this unforgettable day, and to all of our amazing partners and sponsors who made it possible. 🙌✨

Here is a look at the magic we shared:

🇫🇷 Ooh la la! We were blown away by international folk dancers all the way from France who danced on stilts! 😮

🍔 Free Eats & Treats! Through our Summer Feeding & Reading program, every single child received free meals, drinks, and snacks. 🍉🧃 Plus, they got to "shop" our local library for free books to take home! 📚✨

🌭 Adults ate Free Too! A huge shoutout to Lebanon First United Methodist Church for treating the adults to free hot dogs, chips, and bottles of water! 🍽️❤️

🐝 But Wait, There Was More! We bounced in bounce houses, painted rocks, visited a honey bee exhibit (with free honey sticks! 🍯), and tasted fresh biscuits and chocolate gravy from a community cast iron skillet club! 🥞😋

It was the ultimate celebration of Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STREAM) and our hearts are so full from seeing so many of our wonderful students, neighbors, and friends.

Thank you again to the City of Lebanon,Wilson Bank and Trust, Vulcan Materials, and every single partner, volunteer, and sponsor who poured love into our community. We are grateful for all who participated and attended! 💙☀️

🎉 YAY! Summer School has officially made it to the halfway point! We are absolutely rocking out with these awesome students, staff, and community partners! 🎸😎

Here is a quick overview of our amazing week:

🥞 Staff Appreciation Level: 100/100
Our incredible staff had breakfast catered THREE times this week!

Chick-fil-A: A huge thank you to Immanuel Baptist Church for donating and catering a delicious morning spread! 🐔✨

Coffee & Donut Bar: Thank you to Tim Hortons for donating a yummy, high-energy fueled breakfast! 🍩☕

Thursday Potluck: Yesterday felt like a big family reunion with a massive two-table spread brought in by our amazing teachers and staff! 🍳❤️

🌱 Student Spotlight
The students are thriving in their classrooms—learning, growing, and bringing the best energy every single day.

🍇 The Fresh Fruit Challenge
This week’s challenge was raspberries! 🔴 The students mostly gave them glowing reviews, and a few even said they tasted just like Sour Patch Kids! 😂🍬

We are so incredibly happy to be learning and excelling with our students this summer. We love our community partnerships so much! 🤝❤️

☀️ Happy Weekend, everyone! We are already looking forward to Week 3! 🚀📚

😎 Happening Now! @ Don Fox Park 💙

🌞STREAM Celebration - International Folk Fest
Free Food for ALL, Stilt Dancers, free books, Bounce Houses & More!🥧🌭
Here til 3pm!

🧐THIS SATURDAY 🥫

🍅Free FOOD Giveaway: This Saturday, June 13th from 9:00 - 11:00 AM at Assembly Church, 716 N. Cumberland St. 😎

🍝Join Beth and Neika with the LSSD Family Resource Center for Free Food and Snacks while supplies last!

🥳 Tomorrow!! It's going to be so much fun! 🤩

🌭FREE Food, Stilt dancers and more! Open to the community, Join us for the STREAM Celebration Thursday, June 11 (Tomorrow) from 11 AM - 3 PM at Don Fox Park 🦊

🚌 The Neon Bus was on the go today! 💨

🥘 We visited 5 neighborhoods giving out hot meals for lunch + breakfast & snacks! Each child also received a book of their choice to keep! 📕

📅 Check the schedule for Summer Feeding & Reading (pinned to this page) to see where the Neon Bus & Remix Bus will stop this summer!

Slight change to our Tuesday/ Thursday Neon Bus Schedule. Please see updated schedule below!

☀️Summer School is off to a great start! Week 1 consisted of:

🐄 Chick-Fil-A greeting students and teachers on the first day!
☕️Free Coffee and Tea for all teachers donated by Everyone's Wilson from Cool Beans Coffee and Things
📚Lebanon Lunch Rotary volunteered for the day to help each student pick out the book of their choice to KEEP!
🚌 Neon Bus Book Library also available for all students to find the book of their dreams! These books were from a variety of donations including Books-a-Million
🫐Fresh Fruit Challenge for all students to try a new fruit each week! This week we had blueberries!😋

We missed our students since the last day of school! We are thrilled to be back in session with this amazing team of teachers, staff and students!

🏫 Make plans to join us for the regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting on Monday, June 22nd at 6pm at the LSSD Central Office in the Boardroom.

Here's a recap of our Board Meeting from May 11th, also found on our website in Board Minutes, along with our YouTube channel:
https://www.lssd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3757624&type=d&pREC_ID=2438721

https://www.youtube.com/

From the May Board Meeting:
🎨 Student Spotlights:
Castle Heights Elementary
● Art Program: Art teacher Ms. Tina Amelunke highlighted the success of the Art Club. Students were recognized for
their work in sculptures and canvas paintings.
● Reading & Literacy: Title I teacher Shelby Allen reported on family engagement initiatives, including "Reading Under the Stars" and the nightly reading challenge.
● Athletics: Running Club: Ms. Crumpton reported on the new Running Club, which grew to 80 participants and culminated in the Kids Rock Marathon downtown.
● Cross Country & Tennis: Merilyn Edwards highlighted the Cross Country team's individual medals and the formation of the first elementary tennis club, which taught 23 students the fundamentals of the sport.
🏆A huge round of applause for our Teachers who completed our first Aspiring Administrators Academy 👏
Honorees: Hannah Anderson, Dalton Teel, Amanda Bundy, Sarah Anne Davis, Tabitha Bird, Jeanie Tidwell, Jessica Klaus, Stacy Fugate (not present), Kerrice Watson, Kristi Hovivian, Adrienne Daniels, and Cecilia Lockhart.

📍 Join us for the next regular scheduled Board Meeting:
🗓 Monday, June 22 @ 6:00 PM
🏫 Central Office, 397 N. Castle Heights Ave.

📌Make plans to attend the STREAM Celebration next Thursday, June 11th, from 11AM to 3PM at Don Fox Park. FREE Food and Fun! 🎉🐝🐜🐞